Title: WordPress site loading very slow
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# WordPress site loading very slow

 *  [joostbokern](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joostbokern/)
 * (@joostbokern)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-site-loading-very-slow/)
 * Hi everyone,
 * I’m a little bit new to WordPress and i’m trying to build my website.
    But it’s
   loading very slow, i can’t find the exact reason. So i’m hoping someone of you
   guys could help me out. [This](http://www.joostbokern.nl) is the site.
 * Thanks,
    Joost

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 *  [Eric Mann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericmann/)
 * (@ericmann)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-site-loading-very-slow/#post-1379473)
 * In the future, I suggest using a tool like YSlow for Firefox to check on page
   loading. I took the liberty of running YSlow to see what was going on. Here’s
   a quick summary:
 * Performance Score: 65 (D)
 * To improve performance:
    – Combine your 13 background images into an image sprite–
   Combine your 3 external style sheets into 1 – Use Expires Headers on your static
   page elements (so they cache locally) – Configure ETags – Move Javascript to 
   the footer rather than the header (defers loading and speeds up the page)
 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-site-loading-very-slow/#post-1379474)
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Optimization](http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Optimization)
 *  Thread Starter [joostbokern](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joostbokern/)
 * (@joostbokern)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-site-loading-very-slow/#post-1379511)
 * Thanks for the tips, i’ll take a look at them and hope they speed up my site.
 *  [adrian29630](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adrian29630/)
 * (@adrian29630)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-site-loading-very-slow/#post-1379580)
 * Hi Also on this topic we have had a wordpress website designed but it is also
   very slow loading, in fact Google says up to 95% SLOWER than similar sites. Having
   done a check via webmaster tools in Firefox it seems that using the super caching
   plug-in might be the answer but I do not have enough experience with wordpress
   to risk installing this and possibly messing the whole website up.
 * If there is anyone who has the experience to do this and any other optimization
   needed to speed up loading we are happy to pay for the work. The person who actually
   did construct the site does not seem to be able to help.
 * Thanks

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [adrian29630](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adrian29630/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-site-loading-very-slow/#post-1379580)
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